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Alias
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 Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:51 am Post subject: World Baseball Classic |
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Korea is off to a good start. Now Japan will be the real test for them.
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TOKYO (Ticker) - Sung-Yeop Lee showed that the Koreans could be dangerous even with their major leaguers on the bench.
Lee homered twice and drove in five runs while Min Han Son combined with four relievers on a two-hitter as Korea rolled to a 10-1 victory over China.
Byung Kyu Lee had two hits and two RBI for Korea (2-0), which can clinch a spot in the second round of the World Baseball Classic if Japan (1-0) defeats Chinese Taipei (0-1) later Saturday. The top two teams from Pool A will face the first- and second-place squads from Pool B, which included the United States, in the next round.
China (0-2) was eliminated.
In Friday's opener, Korea used four major league pitchers to record a 2-0 triumph over Chinese Taipei. Jae Seo (Los Angeles), Byung-Hyun Kim (Colorado), Dae-Sung Koo (New York Mets) and Chan Ho Park (San Diego) combined on a five-hitter.
Sung-Yeop Lee took the pressure off the staff in this one. He delivered a sacrifice fly in the first and belted a 1-0 pitch from Chinese starter Kun Chen over the right field wall in the third that made it 4-0.
Korea continued to pull away before Sung-Yeop Lee's second blast capped the scoring in the eighth.
Son allowed just one hit and a walk in four innings with three strikeouts. Myung Hwan Park and Tae Hyun Chong combined for three scoreless frames before Jae Hun Chung surrendered a solo homer to Shuo Yang in the eighth to end Korea's scoreless streak.
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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First big upset - Canada 8 US 6. 
Hopefully Canada can beat Mexico in their next game and advance to the second round. |
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poker player
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: On the river
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Alias wrote: |
First big upset - Canada 8 US 6.
Hopefully Canada can beat Mexico in their next game and advance to the second round. |
They already beat South Africa so they will advance no matter what they do against Mexico who lost 2-0 to US |
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inspector gadget
Joined: 11 Apr 2003
Location: jeollanam-do in the boonies
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Ya some suprises to be sure,
Korea has beaten the japanese, canada is not a lock to go through though, if they lose to mexico there will be a three way tie atop.
Go Canada |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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now this is a proper World Series.
I caught the last few innings of Japan v Korea, exciting stuff.
this is the first time they've had the tournament right? |
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inspector gadget
Joined: 11 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yes I believe its the first time, the dream of Bud Selig apparently, he has been trying to get this on the go for many years.
Gives new meaning to World Series, I think its good.
My money is on the Dominican Republic |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| poker player wrote: |
| Alias wrote: |
First big upset - Canada 8 US 6.
Hopefully Canada can beat Mexico in their next game and advance to the second round. |
They already beat South Africa so they will advance no matter what they do against Mexico who lost 2-0 to US |
Mmmm, not necessarily. If Mexico beats SA and Canada, and the US beats SA, the US, Canada, and Mexico will all be 2-1. Quoth ESPN.com:
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| If Mexico, Canada and the United States finish 2-1, the tie would be broken by fewest runs allowed per inning in competition involving only those three teams. In that case, the United States would advance if Mexico scores at least three runs against Canada on Thursday. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I am really enjoying this tournament and I hope they continue with it, however often they plan on doing it. It's the only real international baseball tournament (especially now). I hope Canada does well, but I also think the Dominican has a really good chance in winning it all. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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When the American team fails to win the championship, you bet it'll be the tourney's first and last!
The format is dead if the US doesn't participate.
Enjoy it while it lasts. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
When the American team fails to win the championship, you bet it'll be the tourney's first and last!
The format is dead if the US doesn't participate. |
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4 months left
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone if any of the games are on TV? |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| All of the Asian games were on TV. So, hopefully the next round may be as well. Korea is likely to play either Canada or the USA in their next game, so it will be on TV for sure. You can also go to the website, pay $9.95 and watch all the games live or recorded. |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| All of the Asian games were on TV. So, hopefully the next round may be as well. Korea is likely to play either Canada or the USA in their next game, so it will be on TV for sure. You can also go to the website, pay $9.95 and watch all the games live or recorded. |
If Canada ends up beating Mexico then they won't be playing Korea the next game because Korea won their group as well...
Korea-US or Korea-Canada are games I'd both like to see.. |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I really don't want Canada to play Korea. I just don't think I can handle losing to them, and that is just too possible for my liking. However, if we won, I would moon walk around this school for a week. But, I don't think Canada would stand a good chance against them, I think we are just lucky so far. |
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SarcasmKills
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| I really don't want Canada to play Korea. I just don't think I can handle losing to them, and that is just too possible for my liking. However, if we won, I would moon walk around this school for a week. But, I don't think Canada would stand a good chance against them, I think we are just lucky so far. |
I just want to hear my students try to say Stubby Clapp. |
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